Reading List 117
More than 20 trainees and PIs from the Sensorimotor Superlab at Western University contribute to this reading list. Here are the articles that have interested us this week.
Enjoy!
—the superlab
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One-to-one innervation of vocal muscles allows precise control of birdsong
Adam I, Maxwell A, Rößler H, Hansen EB, Vellema M, Brewer J, Elemans CPH
Curr Biol (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.008
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The Cortical Motor Areas and the Emergence of Motor Skills: A Neuroanatomical Perspective
Strick PL, Dum RP, Rathelot J-A
Annu Rev Neurosci (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-070918-050216
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Neural Substrates of Muscle Co-contraction during Dynamic Motor Adaptation
Babadi S, Vahdat S, Milner TE
J Neurosci (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2924-19.2021
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Anatomy of avian rictal bristles in Caprimulgiformes reveals reduced tactile function in open-habitat, partially diurnal foraging species
Delaunay MG, Larsen C, Lloyd H, Sullivan M, Grant RA
J Anat 237:355–366 (2020) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13188
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Reactivation-induced motor skill learning
Herszage J, Sharon H, Censor N
Proc Natl Acad Sci 118 (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102242118
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On the encoding capacity of human motor adaptation
Kim S-Y, Kwon J-W, Kim J-M, Park FC-W, Yeo S-H
J Neurophysiol (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00593.2020
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The influence of stimulus and behavioral histories on predictive control of smooth pursuit eye movements
Miyamoto T, Hirata Y, Katoh A, Miura K, Ono S
bioRxiv:2021.06.05.447182 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.05.447182v1
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Augmentation of task-relevant variability enhances consolidation of motor learning
Pagano M, Stochino G, Casadio M, Ranganathan R
bioRxiv:2021.06.03.446469 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.03.446469v1.abstract?%3Fcollection=
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Spinal neurons innervating multiple local and distant motor pools
Ronzano R, Lancelin C, Bhumbra GS, Brownstone RM, Beato M
bioRxiv:2021.06.03.446906 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.03.446906v2
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Cerebro-Cerebellar Response to Sequence Violation in a Cognitive Task: an fMRI Study
Sheu Y-S, Desmond JE
Cerebellum (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12311-021-01279-y
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The Roles of the Cortical Motor Areas in Sequential Movements
Ohbayashi M
Front Behav Neurosci 15:97 (2021) https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.640659
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Mini-review: The Role of the Cerebellum in Visuomotor Adaptation
Tzvi E, Loens S, Donchin O
Cerebellum (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12311-021-01281-4
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“impossible” somatosensation and the (Ir)rationality of perception
Won I, Gross S, Firestone C
Open Mind:1–12 (2021) https://direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/doi/10.1162/opmi_a_00040/102173/Impossible-Somatosensation-and-the-Ir-rationality
Disclaimer
Articles appear on this list because they caught our eye, but their appearance here is not necessarily an endorsement of the work. We hope that you find something on this list you might not otherwise have come across—but, as always, please read with a critical eye.